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Live updates: Erdogan vows revenge after Turkey coup attempt

Here are the latest developments following Friday's failed coup attempt in Turkey:

  • Turkey has arrested some 6,000 people and suspended nearly 8,000 police officers
  • The country's president has vowed revenge and hinted he could bring back the death penalty
  • John Kerry and Boris Johnson have urged Erdogan to show restraint
  • Turkey has called on the US to extradite Fethullah Gulen who it blames for the plot
  • The Foreign Office has told Britons that the situation is still "volatile"
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Greece 'to examine coup plotters political asylum request'

Authorities in Greece will examine a request for political asylum by eight Turkish soldiers who escaped in a military attack helicopter following a failed coup attempt, officials have said.

The Black Hawk helicopter pictured in Alexandroupolis in northern Greece Credit: APTN

The men were arrested after the chopper landed in Alexandroupolis in northern Greece, and will appear before a Greek prosecutor tomorrow.

Turkish ministers have demanded the men be extradited immediately, but two Greek government sources said they would first examine the men's requests for political asylum.

The Black Hawk helicopter they used to make the journey will be returned to Turkey immediately.

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